diff --git a/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vugpu.h b/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vugpu.h
index f0f2069c47..509b679f03 100644
--- a/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vugpu.h
+++ b/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vugpu.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ typedef enum VhostUserGpuRequest {
     VHOST_USER_GPU_DMABUF_SCANOUT,
     VHOST_USER_GPU_DMABUF_UPDATE,
     VHOST_USER_GPU_GET_EDID,
+    VHOST_USER_GPU_DMABUF_SCANOUT2,
 } VhostUserGpuRequest;
 
 typedef struct VhostUserGpuDisplayInfoReply {
@@ -84,6 +85,11 @@ typedef struct VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout {
     int fd_drm_fourcc;
 } QEMU_PACKED VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout;
 
+typedef struct VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout2 {
+    struct VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout dmabuf_scanout;
+    uint64_t modifier;
+} QEMU_PACKED VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout2;
+
 typedef struct VhostUserGpuEdidRequest {
     uint32_t scanout_id;
 } QEMU_PACKED VhostUserGpuEdidRequest;
@@ -98,6 +104,7 @@ typedef struct VhostUserGpuMsg {
         VhostUserGpuScanout scanout;
         VhostUserGpuUpdate update;
         VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout dmabuf_scanout;
+        VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout2 dmabuf_scanout2;
         VhostUserGpuEdidRequest edid_req;
         struct virtio_gpu_resp_edid resp_edid;
         struct virtio_gpu_resp_display_info display_info;
@@ -112,6 +119,7 @@ static VhostUserGpuMsg m __attribute__ ((unused));
 #define VHOST_USER_GPU_MSG_FLAG_REPLY 0x4
 
 #define VHOST_USER_GPU_PROTOCOL_F_EDID 0
+#define VHOST_USER_GPU_PROTOCOL_F_DMABUF2 1
 
 struct virtio_gpu_scanout {
     uint32_t width, height;
@@ -132,6 +140,7 @@ typedef struct VuGpu {
     bool virgl;
     bool virgl_inited;
     bool edid_inited;
+    bool use_modifiers;
     uint32_t inflight;
 
     struct virtio_gpu_scanout scanout[VIRTIO_GPU_MAX_SCANOUTS];
diff --git a/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c b/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c
index 2e7815a7a3..aa304475a0 100644
--- a/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c
+++ b/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/vhost-user-gpu.c
@@ -1071,6 +1071,7 @@ static gboolean
 protocol_features_cb(gint fd, GIOCondition condition, gpointer user_data)
 {
     const uint64_t protocol_edid = (1 << VHOST_USER_GPU_PROTOCOL_F_EDID);
+    const uint64_t protocol_dmabuf2 = (1 << VHOST_USER_GPU_PROTOCOL_F_DMABUF2);
     VuGpu *g = user_data;
     uint64_t protocol_features;
     VhostUserGpuMsg msg = {
@@ -1082,7 +1083,7 @@ protocol_features_cb(gint fd, GIOCondition condition, gpointer user_data)
         return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
     }
 
-    protocol_features &= protocol_edid;
+    protocol_features &= (protocol_edid | protocol_dmabuf2);
 
     msg = (VhostUserGpuMsg) {
         .request = VHOST_USER_GPU_SET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES,
@@ -1100,6 +1101,8 @@ protocol_features_cb(gint fd, GIOCondition condition, gpointer user_data)
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
+    g->use_modifiers = !!(protocol_features & protocol_dmabuf2);
+
     return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
 }
 
diff --git a/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/virgl.c b/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/virgl.c
index 211aa110a9..1da6cc1588 100644
--- a/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/virgl.c
+++ b/contrib/vhost-user-gpu/virgl.c
@@ -318,6 +318,37 @@ virgl_resource_detach_backing(VuGpu *g,
     vg_cleanup_mapping_iov(g, res_iovs, num_iovs);
 }
 
+static int
+virgl_get_resource_info_modifiers(uint32_t resource_id,
+                                  struct virgl_renderer_resource_info *info,
+                                  uint64_t *modifiers)
+{
+    int ret;
+#ifdef VIRGL_RENDERER_RESOURCE_INFO_EXT_VERSION
+    struct virgl_renderer_resource_info_ext info_ext;
+    ret = virgl_renderer_resource_get_info_ext(resource_id, &info_ext);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    *info = info_ext.base;
+    *modifiers = info_ext.modifiers;
+#else
+    ret = virgl_renderer_resource_get_info(resource_id, info);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Before virgl_renderer_resource_get_info_ext,
+     * getting the modifiers was not possible.
+     */
+    *modifiers = 0;
+#endif
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static void
 virgl_cmd_set_scanout(VuGpu *g,
                       struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command *cmd)
@@ -338,7 +369,9 @@ virgl_cmd_set_scanout(VuGpu *g,
     memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
 
     if (ss.resource_id && ss.r.width && ss.r.height) {
-        ret = virgl_renderer_resource_get_info(ss.resource_id, &info);
+        uint64_t modifiers = 0;
+        ret = virgl_get_resource_info_modifiers(ss.resource_id, &info,
+                                                &modifiers);
         if (ret == -1) {
             g_critical("%s: illegal resource specified %d\n",
                        __func__, ss.resource_id);
@@ -354,8 +387,6 @@ virgl_cmd_set_scanout(VuGpu *g,
         }
         assert(fd >= 0);
         VhostUserGpuMsg msg = {
-            .request = VHOST_USER_GPU_DMABUF_SCANOUT,
-            .size = sizeof(VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout),
             .payload.dmabuf_scanout.scanout_id = ss.scanout_id,
             .payload.dmabuf_scanout.x =  ss.r.x,
             .payload.dmabuf_scanout.y =  ss.r.y,
@@ -367,6 +398,20 @@ virgl_cmd_set_scanout(VuGpu *g,
             .payload.dmabuf_scanout.fd_flags = info.flags,
             .payload.dmabuf_scanout.fd_drm_fourcc = info.drm_fourcc
         };
+
+        if (g->use_modifiers) {
+            /*
+             * The mesage uses all the fields set in dmabuf_scanout plus
+             * modifiers which is appended after VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout.
+             */
+            msg.request = VHOST_USER_GPU_DMABUF_SCANOUT2;
+            msg.size = sizeof(VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout2);
+            msg.payload.dmabuf_scanout2.modifier = modifiers;
+        } else {
+            msg.request = VHOST_USER_GPU_DMABUF_SCANOUT;
+            msg.size = sizeof(VhostUserGpuDMABUFScanout);
+        }
+
         vg_send_msg(g, &msg, fd);
         close(fd);
     } else {
